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Key facts

  • Currency: Guinean franc
  • Capital city: Conakry
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 245,720 km²
  • Population: 13,859,341
  • Political Leader: Alpha Condé (President)

Latest news

Italy's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down

Read: The Washington Times

2024-03-09

Italy's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down

Read: ABC News

2024-03-09

Italy's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down

Read: The Star

2024-03-09

From Niger to Guinea, ECOWAS sanctions against juntas have failed

Read: Le Monde

2024-02-28

Two killed in Guinea unrest linked to nationwide strike

Read: Times of India

2024-02-27

Guinea capital brought to standstill by general strike against junta

Read: Le Monde

2024-02-26

Two shot dead as Guinea's capital Conakry crippled by general strike

Read: France 24

2024-02-26

Metrics

Business

Expense 9.43 % of GDP
GDP 20,999,200,000.00 current US$
Inflation 10.49 annual %
Self-employed 81.85 % of total employment
Tax revenue 10.84 % of GDP
Unemployment 5.53 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 79.20 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 146,380.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 4,537.90 kt
Fertility rate 4.40 births per woman
Forest area 61,490 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,868.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.90 years
Methane emissions 16,813.30 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 6,822.44 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 7,005,320
Male Population 6,854,020
Renewable energy consumption 65.53 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 244,206.00 km²
Rural population 8,638,804
Urban land area 1,390.66 km²
Urban population 5,220,537
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.47 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 34.42 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.99 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 46.84 current US$
Health expenditure 4.04 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.49 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.30 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 59 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.00 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 46.81 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 34.68 % of population
Net migration -4,000
Press freedom 2.34


Politics

Armed forces personnel 13,000
Democracy score 3.14
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 2.04 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 29.63 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 19 days ago

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